Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 04:29:27 GMT
Reply-To: Direct Broadcast Satellite Technology
From: Franklin Werren
Subject: DTV/USSB Lineup update
This is the Channel Lineup for the Direct TV/USSB DBS System off my Showroom
My Showroom uses a Basic RCA DSS IR Remote system for DTV/USSB
HTS system with UHF Remote for the DISH Network
Startrak 800 with a UHF Remote for standard C/Ku
Update 3-24-96
Source Signal
Station DSS Channel Satellite Channel Scrambler
DTV 100
DTV PPV 101-199
DTV 200
CNN 202 G5-05 VC2
Court 203 C3-06 DVC
CNN/HN 204 G5-22 VC2
ESPN 206 G5-09 VC2
ESP ALT 207 Part Time G1-09 & 14 VC2
ESPN 2 208 G5-14 VC2
ESP 2 ALT 209 Part Time G1-09 & 14 VC2
DTV 210
TNT 212 G5-17 VC2
HSN 213 C4-10 ITC
HGTV 214 G1-20 ITC/VC2
E! 215 C3-23 VC2
MUCH 216 G6-09 VC2
BET 217 G5-20 ITC/VC2
AMC 219 C4-01 VC2
TCM 220 G1-16 VC2
A&E 221 G5-23 VC2
HIST 222 C3-12 VC2
DIS 1 (E) 223 G5-01 VC2
DIS 2 (W) 224 G1-07 VC2
DISC (E) 225 C4-21 VC2
DISC (W) NONE G5-12 VC2
TLC 226 C3-02 ITC
TOON 227 G1-08 VC2
USA (E) 229 G5-19 VC2
USA (W) NONE G1-21 VC2
TRIO 230 ???
FAM (E) 232 G5-11 VC2
FAM (W) NONE C3-01 VC2
TBS 233 G5-06 VC2
TNN 235 G5-18 VC2
CMT 236 C4-24 VC2
SCI-FI 240 G5-04 VC2
CSP1 242 C3-07 ITC
CSP2 243 C4-19 ITC
BIT 245 ???
CNBC 246 G5-13 VC2
AT 247 G1-10 VC2
TWC 248 C3-13 VC2
NWI (CBC) 250 E1-16 OAK
CNNI 252 G1-15 VC2
TRAV 254 C4-13 VC2
BRAV 258 C4-07 VC2
IFC 1/2 TIME 266 FULL TIME G6-13 VC2
STZW 269 G1-13 DVC
NEW S4-18 VC2
STZE 270 G1-13 DVC
S4-11 VC2
ENCR 271 G1-03 VC2
LOVE 272 G1-13 DVC
WSTN 273 G1-13 DVC
NEW S4-04 VC2
MYST 274 G1-13 DVC
ACTN 275 G1-13 DVC
TRUE 276 G1-13 DVC
WAM! 277 G1-13 DVC
ENC+ 278 G1-13 DVC
CBS WRAL 282 G4-14 VC2
CBS KPIX 283 S4-24 VC2
NBC WNBC 284 G4-22 VC2
NBC KNBC 285 S4-06 VC2
PBS KRMA 286 C1-03 VC2
ABC WJLA 287 G4-10 VC2
ABC KOMO 288 S4-08 VC2
FOX (Nat) 289 S4-10 or C1-19 VC2
TVA 298 G6-12 Digital ?
DTV 299
DTV 300
DTV 301
NWSP 303 S2-22 VC2
GOLF 304 G7-07 VC2
CSN 305 G7-23ku ITC
SV 306 ???
OV 307 ???
SCNE 309 S2-21 VC2
MSG 310 C4-06 VC2
NESN 311 C3-14 VC2
SCNY 312 S2-01 VC2
EMP 313 S2-ku Digital
SCPH 314 S2-11 VC2
PKBL 315 ??? Digital ?
HTS 316 S3-23 VC2
SPTS 317 Part Time S3-19 VC2
SUN 318 C1-24 VC2
PASS 320 S3-21 VC2
SCOH 321 C1-15 VC2
SCCN 322 C3-11 VC2
SCCH 323 C1-13 VC2
MSC 324 G6-15 VC2
PSSW 325 C1-10 VC2
PS 326 C1-17 VC2
PSW 331 C1-07 VC2
SCP 332 C1-04 VC2
DTV 335
NFL Sunday T. 336-350 T1-01 to 09 VC2
NFL Sunday T. 350 Add from DTV
NBA 351-369?
NHL 370-379?
DTV 380
ESPN Full C. 390+ Part Time G1-09 or 14 or ??? VC2
ADLT (SPICE) 401 Part Time T4-15 Full Time VC2
PBTV 402 G5-02 VC2
MC1-31 501-531
NRTC 599 ???
RDTV 790 ???
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USSB Channels
Private 879
USSB 899
ANC 963 ???
VH1 965 C4-23 VC2
LIFE (E) 967 C4-04 VC2
LIFE (W) NONE C3-04 VC2
NICK (E) 968 C4-03 VC2
NICK (W) NONE C3-18 VC2
FLIX 970 G3-24 VC2
MAX (E) 973 G1-19 VC2
MAX 2 974 G3-17 VC2
MAX (W) 975 G5-16 VC2
TMC (E) 977 C3-17 VC2
TMC (W) 978 C4-22 VC2
HBO (E) 980 G5-15 VC2
HBO 2 (E) 981 G3-16 VC2
HBO 3 982 G3-19 VC2
HBO (W) 983 G5-08 VC2
HBO 2 (W) 984 G3-20 VC2
SHO (E) 985 C3-15 VC2
SHO 2 986 G3-10 VC2
SHO (W) 987 C4-20 VC2
MTV (E) 989 C4-17 VC2
MTV (W) NONE C3-16 VC2
COM (E) 990 C3-21 VC2
COM (W) NONE G1-01 VC2
SUND 995 ???
USSB 999
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ITC = In The Clear on C-Band, no subscription needed
VC2 = VideoCypher 2 or VideoCypher 2+/rs, Not all channels on the
commerical side uses the 2+/rs boards. All home users use the
VideoCypher 2+ or 2+/rs boards
DVC = DigiCypher
??? = Unknown source or scrambling method.
ITC/VC2 = In the process of converting to VC2 and is In The Clear
now or is part time
OAK = Oak Orion Decoder
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DBS channels labeled as NONE but shows a source channel means
that DTV/USSB does not carry that second feed
Channels labeled DTV or USSB are Barker Channels or Info Channels
PBS KMRA may be picked up via local antenna at the uplink site
in Castle Rock Co. and does not use the satellite to pick
up this station. This station is placed on C-Band satellite by Netlink
who is owned by TCI. There are other Denver stations available
via c-band satellite, called the Denver 5 + 1 (FOX). If DTV evered
put all the Denver stations on Direct, it may cause a stir with
TCI who is part owner of Primestar.
MTV-VH1-NICK Stations may also be scrambled using the Compressed
Digi Cypher on C3-19, Show-TMC are using G5-24 and HBO is using
G1-18. I do not know which format is being used by USSB on getting
their siginals.
The Newsworld channel on DSS 250 does according to reports
is edited, with BBC and other major news programs left out.
This means DTV controls this channel content more than the
other channels with adds insertion.
As far as the Sports Packages are going like NHL and NBA, they will
pick up the actual Sports Channel like MSG and also send it out on
the NBA/MLB or NFL in order for them to keep track of the different
blackout rules. On C-Band you only order SSN, Sports Channel and MWSC
package to get it all, and the consumer Video Cypher keeps it straight,
but the consumer gets more including Wild Feeds of different
games. Right now a C-Band user only looses PKBL and Empire Sports, but
most games are available via other sources. The C-Band customers only
needs to plug a phone line in if they want Instant PPV. Sports on
C-Band does not need a phone line connection.
ESPN Full Court uses lots of ITC channels on both C and Ku
and can be found almost anywhere in the sky. I expect that
DTV is notified of what and where to get the games to re-uplink
them to the DSS satellite. I expect that a number of stearable
dishes are used for this.
The Encore Channels unless noted are not available via C-Band, most
are compressed on G1-13 using the Digicypher. Stars E & W, Western
and Encore are the only ones available on C-Band.
USSB this last Christmas used the EWTN feed on G1-11 for the
the service from Rome.
PPV on DTV is done in house and does not use the PPV services
on C-Band to gets programming. USSB will use a C-Band feed for
it's PPV live specials.
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There appear to be 13 different satellites used to pickup the
listed programming. C1,C4,G1,C3,G5,E1,S4,G4,G3R,G7,S3,S2 C and KU.
With G3R and T2R launched, I expect some moves of C-Band channels
from T3 and G7 to the new satellites. I expect all the dishes that are
used to receive the programming at DTV and USSB are dual C-Band
feeds with digital C-Band Lnb's for any programming that uses
the DigiCypher compression. The dish for Empire Sports on S2-ku
is a 9 Ft using a Digital LNB and CLI digital receiver. This is
because I installed a dish for Empire at a Cable Co. and was
supplied by Empire Sports. PKBL also may use the same format
on S2-ku, but I do not know. I bet that DTV and USSB combined
have at least 14 dishes or more, some may be combined like C1,
C4,G1,C3 into a single dish, but I also think they have spares
that are moveable across the arc. Boy I would love to see a Picture
of there dish farm !!!!
I would also expect that each station transmitted is monitor
both up and down in a control room of some sort. Downlink
would be an 18" dish and a number of RCA basic receivers,
each on a differnt channel. This makes sense because if a
problem is happening, it is easier to see what is happening
at the coustomers house.
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Updates are made when major changes happen.
The following changes happened,
The T3 channels moved to G3 in the USSB lineup.
Several new channels in the DTV lineup have been added.
There was a Sports channel lineup number changes on DTV.
ADULT Channel on DSS is SPICE, and is full time on c-band
and part time on DSS
WABC NYC on March 1, 1996 will be dumped for WJLA-Washington DC
and have a fiber link to the c-band uplink. WABC was uplinked
using an off air antenna to get the station and caused many
problems with picture quality and too many customer complaints.
This a PrimeTime 24 change, not a DTV change.
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DSS-1,2 and 3 are located at 100 deg. West next to S4 at 101 degs.
Echostar 1 is at 119 degs West between T3 and M2
The slot at 110 degs is not in use yet.
The dish and LNB of the DSS and Echostar system are interchangable
but the LNB's are not configured to be interchangeable between the
DSS and Echostar dishes but by using a little duct tape in an emergency,
you can use it in a pinch until the right LNB arrives. I did not try a
Sony LNB but the same physical construction may be a problem.
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If there is a correction or addition needed, please e-mail me.
Franklin Werren, Sysop of Highland BBS (716) 761-6451
Frank's Radio, a TVRO, DSS, Cell and 2-way Radio Dealer
P.O. Box 990 and Cable Eng.
Sherman NY 14781-0990 (716) 753-3500
Fax (716) 761-6460
N2JYG
fswerren @ epix.net